High School Boys Basketball: Perkins Pirates wallop Huron Tigers

HURON — Poor shooting by the Huron Tigers coupled with tenacious rebounding by the Perkins Pirates turned what was supposed to be a tight matchup between the Sandusky Bay Conference powerhouses into a blowout, with Perkins winning by a score of 42-35 on Thursday..
The game was close after one quarter, with Huron maintaining a 10-5 advantage. The second quarter is where the wheels fell off for the Tigers.
Perkins and Huron each hit a shot in the first minute of the quarter, but the Tigers’ basket with 6:39 remaining would be their last points until a free throw with three minutes remaining in the half.
Perkins would gain a 14-12 lead on a 3-pointer by senior Dale Irby with 5:05 remaining and the Pirates would turn the game around with an 11-3 run over the final five minutes to enter the half leading 23-15.
Poor shooting, particularly from 3-point range, was the main issue for the Tigers in the second quarter. After going 2-of-4 in the first quarter from behind the arc, Huron went 0 for 7 during the second quarter to drop its 3-point percentage to 18 percent in the first half.
Huron finished the game 3-of-17 from 3-point range.
Perkins continued to push the ball in the second half and would slowly continue to build a lead on the Tigers.
Perkins entered the fourth quarter with a 39-23 advantage and quickly built the lead to 20 points in the fourth following a free throw by Irby with 5:45 remaining.
The teams would trade off points, mostly through free throws, for the remainder of the game as an already physical game turned even rougher.
Two players for each team would foul out of the game, with Perkins tallying 24 fouls on the night, compared to Huron’s 21.
Senior Nic Williams and Irby paced the Pirates in the victory with 20 points each. Senior Kyle Lewis aided the cause, grabbing 10 rebounds as Perkins enjoyed a 36-16 rebounding advantage.
With the win, Perkins remains undefeated at 3-0. Huron is 0-1.

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